law clerk
noun
: a person (such as a law school graduate) who provides a judge, magistrate, or lawyer with assistance in such matters as research, writing, and analysis
landed a job as a law clerk at the Supreme Court straight out of law school
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The concerns about the appearance of bias against the MPD stem from an incident involving one of Norris’s law clerks who had assisted the judge during the Nichols trial.
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Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 29 Aug. 2025
According to court documents, Judge Norris suggested during a meeting that at least one of the officers was in a gang tied to the October 2024 shooting of a law clerk, who was struck in the chest during an auto theft.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Phillips will be working alongside fellow mediators Catherine Geyer and Michelle Yoshida, as well as law clerk Caroline Kedeshian, Watson’s order states.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
Munro spent 16 years working at EOIR, first as a law clerk and then at the Board of Immigration Appeals.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
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Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 29 Aug. 2025
According to court documents, Judge Norris suggested during a meeting that at least one of the officers was in a gang tied to the October 2024 shooting of a law clerk, who was struck in the chest during an auto theft.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
Phillips will be working alongside fellow mediators Catherine Geyer and Michelle Yoshida, as well as law clerk Caroline Kedeshian, Watson’s order states.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
Munro spent 16 years working at EOIR, first as a law clerk and then at the Board of Immigration Appeals.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Law clerk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/law%20clerk. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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